Film · 2010

Life, Above All

Name: Life, Above All
Director: Oliver Schmitz
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010-12-01
Rating: 6.5

100 min · Directed by Oliver Schmitz · PG-13

Drama

6.525
ratings Trailer

A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.

Cast

K

Khomotso Manyaka

Chanda

K

Keaobaka Makanyane

Esther

Lerato Mvelase

Lillian

T

Tinah Mnumzana

Aunt Lizbet

Aubrey Poolo

Jonah

M

Mapaseka Mathebe

Iris

Harriet Lenabe

Mrs. Tafa

R

Rami Chuene

Aunty Ruth

Patrick Shai

Dr. Charles Chilume

Crew

Director: Oliver Schmitz
Producer: Oliver Stoltz
Writer: Dennis Foon, Oliver Schmitz, Allan Stratton
Casting: Moonyeenn Lee
Editor: Dirk Grau
Cinematography: Bernhard Jasper
Art Direction: Tracy Perkins, Christiane Rothe
Composer: Ali N. Askin, Ian Osrin
Sound: Jörg Höhne, Sebastian Morsch
Costume: Nadia Kruger
Makeup: Raine Edwards

Details

Studios: Senator Film, Enigma Pictures, Niama Film
Countries: Germany, South Africa
Languages: Sotho
Certification: PG-13
Release: December 1, 2010

Themes

parent child relationshiploss of loved onecoffinschoolpovertyprostitution

More Like This

Broken

2012

The Thing with Feathers

2025

Goodbye June

2025

The Sixth Sense

1999

The Starling Girl

2023

Tuesday

2024

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996

Personal Effects

2009

My Own Private Idaho

1991

The Glass House

2001

Mothers' Instinct

2024

Hesher

2010